{"id":31264,"date":"2024-05-27T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=31264"},"modified":"2024-05-27T21:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T21:44:15","slug":"a-blessed-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/a-blessed-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blessed Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>A Memorial Day message and prayer from<\/strong> <br><strong>Cincinnati Right to Life and the<\/strong> <br><strong>Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:22px\">Today, we honor the memory of our fallen<br>soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who selflessly<br>gave their lives while defending our great nation.<br>They knew what was worth fighting for and dying for &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:22px\">God is the source and foundation of all<br>and our lives are not our own.<br>We are called to sacrifice them to a higher good<br>and that sacrifice is true and noble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:22px\">We, as citizens of our nation, are challenged by those who have fallen,<br>compelled to honor the courage and bravery of their sacrifice.<br>As we gather with our families and friends, let us pause<br>and contemplate these deeds and respect and remember<br>they made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation and our fragile freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:22px\">Let us never take our freedoms for granted ~ freedom is not free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:22px\"><strong><em>May God Bless America!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#293f75;font-size:18px\"><strong><em>&#8220;O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,<\/em><br><em>who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!<\/em><br><em>America! America! May God thy gold refine,<\/em><br><em>till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>~ America the Beautiful<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best of Ronald Reagan&#039;s Memorial Day Speeches: A Tribute to Our Fallen Heroes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Mwcef5nVZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Memorial Day message and prayer from Cincinnati Right to Life and the Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio Today, we honor the memory of our fallensoldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who selflesslygave their lives while defending our great nation.They knew what was worth fighting for and dying for &#8211; 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